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Kentucky’s new anti-vaping law ignites constitutional challenge
Vape retailers, hemp association file suit in Franklin Circuit Court Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern Four vape shops, the Kentucky Vaping...
Read moreDetailsOpen records loopholes die in Kentucky Senate. Attempt to revive anti-DEI bill also fails.
Republican leaders say the issues will likely be worked on during the interim FRANKFORT — A controversial rewriting of the...
Read moreDetailsKentucky Republicans override Beshear vetoes
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — The GOP-dominated Kentucky legislature easily overrode nearly all of Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes...
Read moreDetailsFletcher tells lawmakers he wants to serve all Kentucky kids, avoid politics as ed commissioner
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternApril 12, 2024 FRANKFORT — Robbie Fletcher, awaiting confirmation as Kentucky’s next education commissioner, told a Senate...
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Henderson competing for ‘All-America City Award’
Henderson is one of 20 municipalities nationwide vying for the All-American City Award, a competition that features both large cities...
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Henderson Mayor Staton says he won’t be the next city manager
Henderson Mayor Brad Staton says a nationwide search to find a successor for current City Manager Buzzy Newman, who is...
Read moreDetailsSweeping GOP crime bill clears Kentucky Senate despite judiciary chairman’s opposition
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 15, 2024 FRANKFORT — A GOP-backed omnibus crime bill won state Senate approval Friday over the...
Read moreDetailsKentucky Senate ups House’s one-time spending on projects by more than a billion dollars
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 13, 2024 FRANKFORT — The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate approved budget bills Wednesday funding the state executive...
Read moreDetailsCOMMENTARY: A lot to give up without a fight, public’s right to know undercut by ‘modernization’ bill
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 14, 2024 Approximately nine minutes. That was the duration of the March 12 floor debate in...
Read moreDetailsDemocrats walk out to protest ‘alternatives to pregnancy termination’ bill
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 7, 2024 FRANKFORT — In 2017, Central Kentuckian Heather Hyden faced an “upsetting, awful” and “horrific...
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